One of China's most prominent political activists has been formally arrested for inciting subversion. Liu Xiaobo is accused of spreading rumours and defaming the government, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency. Mr Liu's arrest comes...
Released political prisoner and writer Abd Al-Monem Monieb was detained in Cairo airport for 45 minutes by state security officers. Their actions prohibited him from travelling to Lebanon where he was due to publicise his book on Islam in Egypt....
Four policemen without warrants have raided television station Mobi TV in Lusaka, Zambia. They demanded for a copy of a programme addressing the controversial reappointment of an MP. Read more here
As protests continue in Iran, details are emerging of the technology used to monitor citizens. Nokia Siemens Network has confirmed it supplied Iran with the technology needed to monitor, control, and read local telephone calls. It told the BBC that...
China has confirmed it will continue with plans to force every computer in the country to run controversial filtering program Green Dam. The move follows news that Google have agreed to filter search results in China to screen out pornographic or...
The Italian trial of four Google executives accused of defamation for allowing a video to be posted online showing an autistic youth being abused, will begin today. They deny all charges and say the case is "a direct attack on a free and open...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has spoken out strongly against the wearing of the burka by Muslim women in France. Mr Sarkozy also gave his backing to the establishment of a parliamentary commission to look at whether to ban the wearing of burkas...
The Indian government has banned the Maoist Communist Party of India as a terrorist group, giving security forces enhanced powers of arrest. Read more here
Respect MP George Galloway has breached Ofcom's impartiality rules after calling for listeners to attend anti-Israel protests on his radio show. Read more here
Two unidentified gunmen riding on a motorcycle fired at the building where Bangued-based media offices are housed. Police have yet to establish if the shooting was aimed at the Catholic-run community weekly newspaper "Abra Today", along with...